Meta is expanding its sprawling data center campus in Eagle Mountain again, pushing its cumulative investment in Utah past $3 billion and adding a new 150-megawatt battery storage facility to the site. The company says the buildout has supported 1,200 peak construction workers and is expected to add more than 300 operations roles upon completion at the facility, which first opened in Eagle Mountain in 2018 and has since grown in multiple phases.
According to KSL.com, Meta's Eagle Mountain data center now spans about 2.4 million square feet and houses data storage and processing equipment for the company. The Eagle Mountain City Council formally approved Meta's campus expansion to the south back in October 2025, alongside a revised water agreement letting Meta purchase an additional 125 acre-feet of water annually, according to the Daily Herald, raising the company's local water allocation from 500 to 625 acre-feet. Meta's facility spans over 500 acres in Utah County, per the same account.
City officials describe the relationship as a genuine partnership rather than a landlord-tenant arrangement. Eagle Mountain Mayor Jared Gray said Meta has become part of the community, according to KSL.com, while city communications manager Kyle Ireland said the company has kept its commitments to the city since arriving eight years ago. Meta's presence has benefited local schools and improved roads and water systems, the outlet reports, and Gray added that the new expansion will create more investment opportunities and jobs benefiting the community.
Battery Storage Joins the Campus
Among the new additions is a 150-megawatt battery storage facility, part of what Meta describes as an energy storage project tied to the expansion. Ireland said the company has been proactive about energy needs and protecting Eagle Mountain's infrastructure, per KSL.com. That power buildout comes as Meta's Eagle Mountain operations are already backed by the 685-megawatt Faraday Solar project, Utah's largest solar plant, which the Daily Herald reported went online in September 2025 under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Rocky Mountain Power.
Eagle Mountain and Meta have also worked together to treat wastewater from Meta's server cooling systems into Type 1 effluent used to irrigate grass at Cory Wride Memorial Park, according to Eagle Mountain City, helping ease strain on the culinary water system during peak summer months. Just west of Meta's campus, colocation developer QTS resumed construction on a separate multi-building data center that uses a zero-water cooling system, per Eagle Mountain City, a buildout expected to bring 2,000 to 3,000 construction jobs and 100 to 200 permanent roles.
More Than $1 Million Earmarked for Local Schools
Meta's expansion agreement includes more than $1 million in education funding, per KSL.com, arriving as the region's schools undergo a major reorganization. The Lake Mountain School District will purchase three acres of land to build a new elementary school, with Meta allocating $600,000 toward the district for that purpose. Meta also committed $450,000 to the Walden Park Observatory construction project, which will serve as a hands-on science education building offering stargazing opportunities for students and families.
The Daily Herald reports Meta has separately pledged $1.5 million to the Lake Mountain Education Foundation, plus an ongoing $50,000 annual contribution, as the new Lake Mountain School District prepares to formally separate from the dissolving Alpine School District in July 2027. Voters approved splitting Alpine School District into three new districts back in November 2024. Fitch Ratings affirmed Alpine School District's bond ratings at AAA and AA+ in May 2026 but assigned a Negative outlook across its securities, according to Traders Union, citing financial liabilities being divided among the three successor districts. Lake Mountain School District is preparing to launch as one of the successor districts.
Growth Pressures and Statewide Pushback
The expansion lands in a city U.S. Census Bureau estimates ranked as Utah's fastest-growing in 2025, with an 8.5% annual growth rate and a 5,195-person increase, according to KSL.com. Eagle Mountain's partnership with Meta has grown as the city itself has grown, and Ireland said Eagle Mountain continues to be a place where families can build a future, with Meta helping the city stay ahead of that growth curve.
Not every Utah community has welcomed data centers the way Eagle Mountain has embraced Meta. Data center opponents elsewhere in the state have cited environmental impacts, energy use and tax rates, and Utah has multiple data center project proposals generating significant opposition. Clearfield's city council imposed a 180-day moratorium on all data center development to give officials time to develop a regulatory framework and city code, following similar temporary freezes enacted earlier this year by Logan, Iron County, Cache County and Box Elder County, according to KSL.com.
Utah has seen heightened debate over data center resource demands across several counties, a tension that has played out even as Eagle Mountain officials continue to frame Meta's investment as a model of local collaboration rather than the friction seen in places like Clearfield's zoning pause.
